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Table 4 Deaths (male and female) at ages 25–69 not in hospital: comparison between cause of death on death certificate and verbal autopsy in Chennai, India in 1995–97

From: Verbal autopsy of 48 000 adult deaths attributable to medical causes in Chennai (formerly Madras), India

Verbal autopsy only

Cause of death on death certificate

Causes

Vasc

Resp

Neop

Infect

Unsp

Other Sp

Total

1. Vascular disease (Vasc)

4670

183

18

11

2593

94

7569

2. Respiratory diseases including pulmonary TB (Resp)

290

1438

13

16

971

46

2774

3. Neoplasm (Neop)

297

74

1182

24

670

41

2288

4. Infection (except Resp) (Infect)

103

38

2

217

399

49

808

5. Unspecified medical (unsp)

88

25

20

3

1596

15

1747

6.Other specific medical illness(Other Sp.)

372

53

12

194

1114

856

2601

Total

5820

1811

1247

465

7343

1101

17787

  1. ICD9 Codes: Vasc- 390–415, 418–459; Resp – 011, 012, 018, 416, 417, 460–519; Neop- 140–239, Infect – 1–139, HIV, 320–326, 590, 680–686; Unsp – 780–789, 797–799; Other sp – rest of medical causes
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